2009 MTV Europe Music Awards

2009 MTV Europe Music Awards
Date	November 5, 2009
Location	O2 World, Berlin, Germany
Hosted by	Katy Perry Alan Green Mike Ingham
Most awards	Beyoncé (3)
Most nominations	Lady Gaga and Kings of Leon (5)
Television/Radio coverage
Network	MTV Networks International (Europe)

The MTV Europe Music Awards 2009 took place in Berlin, Germany at the O2 World^[1] and Brandenburg Gate. The awards ceremony was presented by Katy Perry joined by British football commentators Alan Green and Mike Ingham as co-hosts. It was the fourth time that the MTV Europe Music Awards were hosted in Germany. Nominations for regional awards were announced on 1 September 2009, followed by those of the main awards on September 21, 2009.^[2] Pete Wentz was the host for the 2009 MTV Europe Music Awards webcast.^[3]

Though the MTV EMAs have traditionally been advertised as Europe's premiere music event, few European artists received nominations in key categories.

The 2009 MTV Europe Music Awards logo and promos were designed in-house by MTV World Design Studio in Milan and Buenos Aires with additional input by Swedish graphic design company Kungen & Hertigen.^[4]

Nominations

Winners are in bold text.

Best Song

• Beyoncé — "Halo"
• The Black Eyed Peas — "I Gotta Feeling"
• David Guetta (featuring Kelly Rowland) — "When Love Takes Over"
• Kings of Leon — "Use Somebody"
• Lady Gaga — "Poker Face"

Best Video

• Beyoncé — "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)"
• Eminem — "We Made You"
• Katy Perry — "Waking Up in Vegas"
• Shakira — "She Wolf"
• Britney Spears — "Circus"

Best Female

• Beyoncé
• Lady Gaga
• Leona Lewis
• Katy Perry
• Shakira

Best Male

• Eminem
• Jay-Z
• Mika
• Kanye West
• Robbie Williams

Best Group

• The Black Eyed Peas
• Green Day
• Jonas Brothers
• Kings of Leon
• Tokio Hotel

Best New Act

• La Roux
• Lady Gaga
• Daniel Merriweather
• Pixie Lott
• Taylor Swift

Best Rock

• Foo Fighters
• Green Day
• Kings of Leon
• Linkin Park
• U2

Best Alternative

• The Killers
• Muse
• Paramore
• Placebo
• The Prodigy

Best Urban

• Ciara
• Eminem
• Jay-Z
• T.I.
• Kanye West

Best Live Act

• Beyoncé
• Green Day
• Kings of Leon
• Lady Gaga
• U2

Best World Stage Live Performance

• Coldplay
• Kid Rock
• Kings of Leon
• Lady Gaga
• Linkin Park

Best Push Act

• Hockey
• Ke$ha
• Little Boots
• Daniel Merriweather
• Metro Station
• Pixie Lott
• The Veronicas
• White Lies

Best European Act

• Dima Bilan
• Deep Insight
• Doda (Runner-up)
• Lost
• maNga

Free Your Mind

• Mikhail Gorbachev^[5]

Regional nominations

Winners are in bold text.

Best UK and Ireland New Act

• Florence and the Machine
• La Roux
• Pixie Lott
• The Saturdays
• Tinchy Stryder

Best Danish Act

• Dúné
• Jooks
• L.O.C.
• Medina
• Outlandish

Best Finnish Act

• Apulanta
• Cheek
• Deep Insight
• Disco Ensemble
• Happoradio

Best Norwegian Act

• Donkeyboy
• Maria Mena
• Paperboys
• Röyksopp
• Yoga Fire

Best Swedish Act

• Agnes
• Darin
• Adiam Dymott
• Mando Diao
• Promoe

Best German Act

• Jan Delay
• Peter Fox
• Silbermond
• Söhne Mannheims
• Sportfreunde Stiller

Best Italian Act

• Giusy Ferreri
• Tiziano Ferro
• J-Ax
• Lost
• Zero Assoluto

Best Dutch and Belgian Act

• The Black Box Revelation
• Alain Clark
• Esmée Denters
• Fedde le Grand
• Milow

Best French Act

• David Guetta
• Orelsan
• Rohff
• Olivia Ruiz
• Sliimy

Best Polish Act

• Afromental
• Ania Dąbrowska
• Doda
• Ewa Farna
• Jamal

Best Spanish Act

• Fangoria
• Macaco
• Nena Daconte
• Russian Red
• We Are Standard

Best Russian Act

• Dima Bilan
• Centr
• Kasta
• Sergey Lazarev
• Timati

Best Romanian Act

• David Deejay (featuring Dony)
• Inna
• Puya (featuring George Hora)
• Smiley
• Tom Boxer (featuring Jay)

Best Portuguese Act

• Buraka Som Sistema
• David Fonseca
• Os Pontos Negros
• X-Wife
• Xutos e Pontapés

Best Adria Act

• Darkwood Dub
• Dubioza Kolektiv
• Elvis Jackson
• Lollobrigida Girls
• Superhiks

Best Baltic Act

• Chungin & the Cats of Destiny
• DJ Ella
• Flamingo
• Leon Somov & Jazzu
• Popidiot

Best Arabian Act

• Rashed Al-Majed
• Joe Ashkar
• Darine Hadchiti
• Amr Mostafa
• Ramy Sabry

Best Hungarian Act

• Esclin Syndo
• The Idoru
• The Kolin
• The Moog
• Zagar

Best Turkish Act

• Bedük
• Atiye Deniz
• Kenan Doğulu
• Nil Karaibrahimgil
• maNga

Best Ukrainian Act

• Antytila
• Druha Rika
• Green Grey
• Kamon!!!
• Lama

Best Greek Act

• Monika
• Matisse
• Onirama
• Helena Paparizou
• Professional Sinnerz

Best Israeli Act

• Assaf Amdursky
• Asaf Avidan & the Mojos
• Infected Mushroom
• Ninet Tayeb
• Terry Poison

Best Swiss Act

• Lovebugs
• Phenomden
• Ritschi
• Seven
• Stress

Performances

• Green Day — "Know Your Enemy" / "Minority"
• Katy Perry, Alan Green and Mike Ingham — "I Gotta Feeling" / "When Love Takes Over" / "Use Somebody" / "Halo" / "Poker Face"
• Beyoncé — "Sweet Dreams"
• Jay-Z and Bridget Kelly — "Empire State of Mind"
• Foo Fighters — "Wheels" / "All My Life"
• Mike Ingham - "The Way It Is"
• U2 — "One" / "Magnificent"
• Shakira — "Did It Again"
• Tokio Hotel — "World Behind My Wall"
• Leona Lewis — "Happy"
• U2 and Jay-Z — "Sunday Bloody Sunday"

Appearances

• Pete Wentz and Bar Refaeli — presented Best Live Act
• Joss Stone and Wladimir Klitschko — presented Best Urban
• David Hasselhoff — presented Best Rock
• Alan Green and Mike Ingham — presented Best Song
• Juliette Lewis and Gillian Deegan — presented Best Alternative
• Lil' Kim — presented Best New Act
• Jean Reno — presented Best Male
• Jonas Brothers — introduced the Michael Jackson tribute
• Joko Winterscheidt and Matthias Schweighöfer — presented Best German Act
• Backstreet Boys — presented Best European Act
• Jesse Metcalfe — presented Best Group
• David Guetta and Asia Argento — presented Best Female
• Miranda Cosgrove and Brody Jenner — presented Best Video

References

1. http://ema.mtv.tv/news/news_here_we_come_berlin
2. http://ema.mtv.co.uk/vote
3. http://press.mtv.de/scripts/presseinformationen.php3?ACTION=anzeigen&OFFSET=0
4. http://www.kungenochhertigen.se/wordpress/
5. http://www.mtv.co.uk/events/emas/news/164109-gorbachev-gets-ema-free-your-mind-award

External links

• MTV Europe Music Awards Official show site
• The Show